Mormonism vs. Christianity: Do You Know the Difference? (Ep. 124) 

Thank you for this! I trust the Gospel authors myself. Grew up with Mormons, their beliefs are so different than mine as a Christian. And they are different, 60 years have passed. The devil doesn’t care what we believe, as long as we do NOT believe the Bible. Frightening!

I did not realize you had the same experience..... I became a follower of Christ as I was investigating the claims of the visiting missionaries. I was someone who went digging also.... I did not find that the book of Mormon was convincing but that was not enough for me..... but the fact that blacks were not allowed to be part of the priesthood (of all faithful men) and be in the temple until 1978 caused me HUGE distress. If that was false... then the prophet was false... and then everything falls apart. The missionaries talked to their bishop and then came back and said pray to know. I did and met the true God and immediately gave my life to Jesus. :)

My husband and I were just discussing this subject the other night. Thankful for this episode and all the information. I also was curious as I noticed a lot of the people I was following on Instagram were Mormon. This was helpful thanks!

They may live their church culture pretty strictly. But they aren’t actually about God. They depend on their leaders to tell them all the physical things to do to be righteous. And this is always changing. Such as in 1973 I made different covenants in the temple than they do now. Most of these things have nothing really to do with the real Jesus, except they put his name in here and there. Such as, baptism is when you become a member of that church. The temple is about your own advancement. And on and on.

My niece became a Jehova’s Witness. The sense of community and commitment to their faith sounds very much the same. It’s sad that we don’t give the same commitment to our biological and Christian families.

Great interview. We all need to study the Word of God, and to know the truth. When you know the truth you can identify a fake.

Just to let you know we do believe we are saved, only through the Grace of Jesus. We also believe we are changed by him. That change in us is how we become like him. As we keep his commandments we become more like him until he makes us Joint Heirs with him. A concept you do not understand. This is his blessing upon us to bring us into the presence of the Father.

Have you read that by their fruits ye shall know them? - Their family values, conservative dress and love for family is inspiring.

Q2 Are you saying by their fruits ye shall know them? = It's their Central Family Values their conservative dress their love for family is very inspiring and something to even strive for.

These kinds of discussions are more accurately described as Mormonism versus the creeds that popped up post-Christ's resurrection.

"It is it is not for us to judge who, in the deepest sense, is or is not close to the spirit of Christ. We do not see into men's hearts. We cannot judge, and are indeed forbidden to judge. It would be wicked arrogance for us to say that any man is, or is not, a Christian in this refined sense... When a man who accepts the Christian doctrine lives unworthy of it, it is much clearer to say he is a bad Christian than to say he is not a christian." - C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity, pp. 10-11.

There is a very big difference between Christianity and Mormonism and that is what they were talking about, and a Mormon did not have to be a part of the conversation for that

I love your podcast.! And this topic was really interesting . And i thank you for being so informative in so many ways . ❤ Angela in California 😊

Q3 Whan are you going to become a true Christian and join them? = the Church of Jesus Christ of latterday saints is the fastest growing Faith group in American history, afterall when the Lord comes you will have a choice to join his church and kingdom or go to the other camp.

This is one of the best episodes I’ve ever seen! Great job Cissy!

Q5 Who do you define as mainstream Christians? Mormons often have the same vocabulary as mainstream Christians, but have very radically different definitions.

Q 13 Has Christ saved all mankind by his Grace, or just Protestants? "important differences in Christianity and Mormonism especially maybe when it comes to Grace"

Q 9 Why? Did your tests fail with the Book of Mormon? “applied the same test that I applied toward the Christian scriptures” "I think as I applied that I realized really quickly this is not going to hold up"

Q 15 How can you be sure that you are the ones who have the true Jesus? “he's got the name Jesus but if his identity is not the identity of the Jesus of scripture”

Q8 What were the tests used on the Bible and how did you determine their value? Which Bible did you apply them to? Why did you select your version of the Bible and not one of the other various translations? --- “applied the same test that I applied toward the Christian scriptures”

Q 14 Do you follow Paul or Jesus? Who has more authority?

Having ebtertained some Mormon young ladies for three home visits, I listened to their story of Mormon,they grew up in a Mormon home& live all together in Utah( Im in Pa.) They go out on missionary trips for a year in different areas. They gave me thie story their teachings,who everyone isI asked do you believe in Jesusoh yesdo you believe he has been crucifieddied& is the Risen Christ,Son of God.Thats were it broke down,they hemmed& hawed around not answering me so I had my answer.Already being a devout Christian & a decent woman I had them inserved water& a cake a few times as we explored each others beliefs.Though they were sweet young women,definitely deep in thier beliefs because its been indoctrinated into them.After the third visit realizing my deep faith in the Bible& its teachings they said goodbye,we hugged& they went away.

Q17 Who says we don't believe that polygamy is ordained by God? There were a few OT followers of God who were polygamists, Abraham being the most famous I guess.

Q21 What does Jesus mean when he says that he will makes us Joint Heirs with him? What is a Joint Heir? What is it that Jesus is heir to?

Q7 What are your historical truths of Christianity? (while we can learn from other families it is very dangerous not to know the differences between historical truths of Christianity)

Q 22 How old is the reformation? Who was the prophet who gave the revelation that the Catholics were not Christian and that the Protestants were now in authority? Didn't God say he would only give such revelation to a prophet? So if the Catholics are not Christians, how would they be able to know who and what God is? Seems like they haven't really got any foundation of authority or truth to stand on.

Q6 Do you recognise Catholics as Christian?

Q 16 Can you share your evidence for this? Faith plus salvation equals Works under Mormonism

I want to talk a little about Grace by pointimg you to the Bible where Grace and work is clearly taught to be a requirement for Salvation (we say exaltation because Salvation is a free gift since Jesus died for all) First consider the parable in which Jesus Christ compared thr kingdom of heaven to talents Mathew 25:14-24 But the most interesting scripture for me on the importance of good works as a requirement for Salvation along side grace (of course, we are saved by grace after all we can do, or no matter what we do.) is Philippians 2:12-13 but then you'll give a lot of explanation to refute this, and then you look at the detialed explanation given by Paul in thr next chapter of his own efforts when he said "not as though I have already attained" (3:12) "reaching forth unto those things which are before," (3:13) "I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus" (3:14). Of course, "Faith without work is dead." I hate it when people spew lies against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints. The greatest confirmation of truth is to experience it yourself, I have experienced it and I know it to be true.

You have a good channel. Keep the content coming

Q1 I'm like are they Christian and then something will happen and I realize they're not Christian - can you explain what you mean?

Why do you state that members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are not Christian?

One last thing Cissie, still love your channel despite this 1 episode I loved watching your grandfather on television as a very young man. God bless you and your family.

The notion that “God is not really like us is evidence that...Christians have appropriated Plato...Take away Plato from Christianity, and...you will end up with something very much like the Mormon conception of the divine.” Stephen H Webb.

Q 10 Are witnesses evidence of the plates, or do you just ignore them when it suits you? What about lots of records found on plates since then, or do you think Joseph Smith plant those around the world? “so we don't have any evidence of the Golden Plates”

I can refute this episode with where two or three are gathered in my name there I am also !! Jesus.

The reason every term you use or the larger Christiandom uses is different from what it means for Latter Day Saints, like Salvation, Jesus, Faith, Grace, or even Church is becaue your own explanation has been watered down in the Ecumenical councils and the demonic creeds that followed. We should be explaning these terms with the scriptures but you think the Bible supports your explanation, but no, it does not.

Galatians 1:8-11 8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, a curse be on him![a] 9 As we have said before, I now say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, a curse be on him! 10 For am I now trying to persuade people,[b] or God? Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.

eesh - a lot of tearing down instead of building up here

Q12 Was Abraham a polygamist and a prophet?

Matthew 18:20

Q19 Are you confusing two different Qs? “When we say heaven we're thinking about being in the presence of Jesus the minute we close our eyes.” I would say that you are going to get your wish. You will be with Jesus as a Protestant good Christian. If you really understood our doctrine, you would know that. You have demonstrated that you do not know the doctrine as much as you think that you do.

Another Lie Spotted. We are not Polytheists and don't believe there is more than one God in the sense of God the Father, but there are three God's in the sense of God the father, his Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost, and there are gods in the sense of there are many gods in this world. Psalm 82:6 I said, “You are gods, ... And all of you are sons of the Most High But come to think if it, the temptation was that if Adam and Eve partook of the forbidden fruit, they'd be as God knowing good from Evil (Genesis 3:5), so did they partake of thr fruit? YES. Did they become like God? Yes (Genesis 3:22) I will continue to refute every lie you tell here.

Q 20 I guess you believes that Jesus will force man to heaven? “under Christianity Jesus doesn't give you a ladder he drops down on a rope and while you're kicking and screaming he pulls you up anyway that is the grace that's offered under Christianity” That’s what satan would do. Jesus knocks at the door, we turn the handle and let him in. Jesus will force no man to heaven, we accept his free gift. Force is not a gift.

Read the story of Micah Wilder. It’s only Jesus Christ to get to Heaven, nothing else. He learned this.

There are three degrees of Glory, and Apostle Paul clearly taught this simple truth in 1 Corinthians 15:39-42. The Glory of thr Sun is the highest and brightest Glory where God dwells. For us being Gods, John taught 1 John 3:1-10 and Jesus himself did not refute it but affirmed it in John 10:34, so what is this your neighbor spewing here?

They may live their church culture pretty strictly. But they aren’t actually about God. They depend on their leaders to tell them all the physical things to do to be righteous. And this is always changing. Such as in 1973 I made different covenants in the temple than they do now. Most of these things have nothing really to do with the real Jesus, except they put his name in here and there. Such as, baptism is when you become a member of that church. The temple is about your own advancement. And on and on. And wards and families are not so united anymore if at all. You don’t know what others believe about abortion or LGBT stuff anymore. The church has gone left. We stood for traditional family values and Christ through these last 2 decades and our Utah Valley ward/neighborhood of 40 yrs pretty much shunned us. Finally saw the full truth and left. Love the little Bible church we go to now. Learning soooooo much! Saved!

The Apostle John tells us in 2 John 10-11 what to do when a Mormon or JW comes to your door.

I find it interesting that a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints isn't a part of this conversation. If I want to "be ready to give an answer," I might engage with a member of that church. I believe this whole conversation would be a lot more unbiased, genuine, and fair if the "person" you were speaking about was present. It's not like they wouldn't be willing, as you say. For example, if I want to understand a Republican, I don't think a Democrat would be the best resource. If I wanted to understand a woman, I wouldn't interview a man. This guest isn't a member of their church. He claims all sorts of things that require us to trust his words and discount an entire religion. I believe going to the source is wisest. It's fine for you both as family friends having a chat, but your intent is to dissuade other Christians from listening to members of the Mormon faith and to arm them with responses to potential conversations. Wouldn't it be more affirming to seek more knowledge and conviction of one's own faith by study and prayer rather than to speculate and cast judgement on others' beliefs? If someone truly is kindly curious about another's beliefs, why not ask them, not their foe? Are we seeking truth or simply trying to feel comfortable about what we ourselves believe? Food for thought.

Do your Jesus and apostles teach that baptism is necessary for salvation in the Kingdom of God? 13 New Testament verses that either directly state that baptism is essential for salvation or indirectly point that it is. Mine do. Do your Jesus and apostles teach that you need to obey commandments if you want to be with them? I find 12 New Testament verses (there may be more), that indicate that you do. Mine teach these things. If your church doesn't even teach proper doctrine, and I know you don't, who are you to tell someone they are not Christian. Fortunately for you, by the grace of Heavenly Father and His beloved Son, Jesus Christ, who was sacrificed and resurrected so that ALL will be resurrected (the just and unjust), you will have some degree of glory in the life to come. What do you think we are doing here? If the gospel was just believe and be saved, the Bible could be condensed to a 2-page pamphlet. There is so much more to the gospel than you give credence to and you seem to have a form of godliness but deny the power thereof.

When you say, Mormons are unsaved and not closer to Jesus, I wonder if Jesus Spoke to you and told you that Latter day Saints won't be saved, or you are the new advocate with the Father 😂😂

Q11 Where is your evidence that “all of whom were consummated sexually”?

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Ironically, you just made the exact prayer the hypocrites made in the book of Mormon, word by word. Read it here: Alma 31:15-19 15 Holy, holy God; we believe that thou art God, and we believe that thou art holy, and that thou wast a spirit, and that thou art a spirit, and that thou wilt be a spirit forever. 16 Holy God, we believe that thou hast separated us from our brethren; and we do not believe in the tradition of our brethren, which was handed down to them by the childishness of their fathers; but we believe that thou hast elected us to be thy holy children; and also thou hast made it known unto us that there shall be no Christ. 17 But thou art the same yesterday, today, and forever; and thou hast elected us that we shall be saved, whilst all around us are elected to be cast by thy wrath down to hell; for the which holiness, O God, we thank thee; and we also thank thee that thou hast elected us, that we may not be led away after the foolish traditions of our brethren, which doth bind them down to a belief of Christ, which doth lead their hearts to wander far from thee, our God. 18 And again we thank thee, O God, that we are a chosen and a holy people. Amen. 19 Now it came to pass that after Alma and his brethren and his sons had heard these prayers, they were astonished beyond all measure.

We don't believe in the trinity because God does not believe in the trinity. He basically shattered the comcept of trinity even before it was concieved in the counsel at Nicea in Jesus's baptism when a voice spoke from heaven (God the Father), and Jesus was in the water (God the son), and the Holy Ghost ( in the form of a dove). Three distinct personalities, we believe in the "God head" and not Trinity which says God the Father is Jesus, and Jesus is the holyghost, and thr holy ghost is .... Yet Jesus Prayed for the cup to be removed from him when he supposedly has the power to remove the cup.

The Mormons have to be "more" because they are working hard to get to heaven. So, every good deed they donis with a heart motive to climb another rung on the ladder. That's not really admirable. Thanks for this podcast.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is true. I know by the power of the Holy Ghost. Many of the things said here are inaccurate as well as uncharitable.

as an ex Mormon I think it is important to at least give more accurate truth. Joseph Smith's relationships were not all sexual. While all were not good, Some were just about collecting wives. This conversation would have been better with an actual Mormon or someone who had lived Mormonism for a long time. .Mormons still believe in Grace for salvation. Their interpretation of what heaven looks like is where the works come in. Works about getting to the highest level. also comparisons are not a Mormon thing. Christians judge and compare all the time. For my 40 plus years as a Mormon we always claimed to be Christians. I dont like this guy saying mormons are unsaved. He cannot make that claim. He isn't Jesus. There is a lot wrong with Mormonism but this guy really doesn't know. He is not the expert he is making himself out to be. I Find this podcast disappointing.

Q18 Who says we don't believe in a plurality of Gods? You believe in a plurality of Gods too, you just use some post biblical non sensical mumbo jumbo trinitarian explanation to cover up the fact you believe the same but can claim it means one God.

Christianity isn't really Christianity. It's opinion, gossip, rumor, chaos, and babel with a bibleish tint. This is due to it being tens of thousands of differing denominations with no two exactly alike in interpretation of the bible. So it is nearer to a marketplace of counterfeiters than the authentic advancement of Gods work. It has no head or shepherd because they each have their own God, Christ, and gospel, one set for each denomination. So it is tens of thousands of different gospels, saviors and Gods. It is Hydra. Sorry but that is just a self evident truth. The LDS Church is Gods restored true Church. So is it any wonder that it isn't like the hoax parading as Christianity.

How would you be interviewing a non Latter Day Saint to talk about Latter Day Saints. I would prefer you interview a Primary Child from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, he/she will do a better job than your family friend.

What a crock of lies. You do not know what you are talking about.

Polytheism is no longer taught in the LDS church !!!!